A federal court in Nevada has awarded casino operator Las Vegas Sands a $2m default judgment against online gambling operators caught infringing on Sands’ trademarks. Last June, Sands filed trademark infringement suits in Nevada against the unknown operators of 35 online domains that were making liberal and unauthorized use of...

Casino operator Las Vegas Sands is pursuing legal action against Asian-facing online gambling sites for infringing on Sands’ trademarks. On Friday, Sands filed suit in federal court in Nevada, accusing the operators behind 35 websites/domains of the unauthorized use of the Sands logo, the Chinese characters that translate to ‘golden...

The UK High Court has awarded £150k in damages to Gibraltar-licensed online gambling outfit 32Red over its longstanding trademark dispute with UK bookies William Hill. The dispute, which dates back to 2009, stemmed from Hills’ use of the 32Vegas online casino site, a property formerly owned by Playtech and which...

Not content on being the largest sports betting hub in the U.K., famed punter William Hill also plans to destroy all of its competition. Yet online gambling upstart 32Red is standing up the Hill this week, winning over the court in a recent trademark dispute with the gaming giant. William...

The Paris Court of First Instance has issued its verdict on the trademark dispute between online gaming operator Unibet and former French horse-betting monopoly Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU). PMU had accused Unibet of violating trademarks PMU held on the names of certain betting services, specifically relating to horse betting. The...

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